Director: Fr. C. Matthew Hawkins Lady President: Katharine Winslow Lady Vice President Agatha Akuete-Gbolo Lady Secretary: Ann Betters Lady Treasurer: Priscilla Waiter-Davis
The Confraternity of Christian Mothers and Women’s Guild meets in person on the first Sunday of every month to pray.
Business meetings are on Zoom.
We are more than just a group. As women and mothers our members guide the destinies of their homes; we believe God is relying on mothers to keep Christ in the world by keeping Him in their hearts and homes. Under the special patronage of Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, Christian Mothers are encouraged joyously to undertake the important task of training and sanctifying the young souls entrusted to their care. They are instructed with ways to edify one another by word and deed, to support one another by fervent prayer and in this way become the mainstay of the spiritual life within their own family, and a fruitful source of blessing to the community in which they live.
The Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers leads campaigns that promote real solutions to some of the biggest challenges faced by society. We challenge the notion that the way things are is the way things should always be and are proud to be a force for positive transformation.
Continuing Our Retreat Journey
August 2025
The Christian Mothers/Women Guild retreat, open to women and men, was led by Fr. Matthew Hawkins.
As a way of carrying the retreat forward, Fr. Matthew shared the following documents: “Hope and the Narrow Gate” and “Living with Defiant Hope”.
African Capuchin friars attended Women’s Day with National Director Fr. Joseph Tuscan, OFM, Cap. - Fr. Modest Sangia, OFM Cap., (Superior of our mission in Papua New Guinea) Br. Mathias Dua, OFM Cap., and Fr. Arnold Shirima, OFM Cap., (Superior of the Capuchins in Kenya). Congratulations to the 4 newest members enrolled in the 175th Anniversary of the Confraternity of Christian Mother - Mary Boure, Becky Colson, Ikuma Renato Okok, and Gwendolyn Young.